Convincing every city in Santa Clara County to adopt green building standards turned out to be easy. But agreement on how to ensure a green building is indeed green and not just “green-ish” is proving tough.
“It’s a much more difficult question,” said Shiloh Ballard, who, on behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, shepherded the [...]
Tom Barr and Brian Willaby are developing the 155-lot Pearson Park subdivision, where they expect build-out to occur much slower than Barr’s previous projects. Infrastructure is in place and home construction should start this month.
Tom Barr is no stranger to developing homes in northeast Springfield.
Barr developed the 100-lot Pearson Meadows subdivision in 2004, where all [...]
A workforce battered by layoffs and a 15.3% unemployment rate is ready to get to work, even if it means moving or retraining
By Moira Herbst
Mike Agostini needs a job. Having worked in the construction industry for 15 years—starting out as a laborer and moving into supervisory positions—he was laid off in January 2008 by a Kissimmee [...]
